by Phil Williams | May 12, 2020 | Definitions, Grammar, Vocabulary
I’ve been meaning to write some articles covering phrasal verbs, as these are always a difficult area to master with lots of specific considerations. To cover all the very specific meanings of the different phrasal verbs, in each article I’ll take one root verb and...
by Phil Williams | Dec 14, 2016 | Definitions, General English, Vocabulary, Words
Here’s another confusing pair of words. Deceit and deception are both nouns, both loosely used to describe the act of deceiving. The act of deceiving being the act of concealing the truth or otherwise being misleading or false. In many situations the words can be used...
by Phil Williams | Oct 13, 2016 | Definitions, Exercises, Vocabulary, Words
It’s that fun time of year where the English speaking world prepares for Halloween – with scary stories, films and costumes. Which means it’s also the time of year to practice our Halloween vocabulary – words which cover a range of frightening topics, emotions and...
by Phil Williams | May 12, 2016 | Definitions, Grammar, Prepositions, Vocabulary, Words
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the differences between the words plain and plane; it’s one of many articles I have on this site exploring confusing, or easily misunderstood, words and phrases. With so much content on this site, I thought it was time I...
by Phil Williams | Dec 16, 2014 | Definitions, Vocabulary
It’s fast approaching what the English speaking world sometimes call the most wonderful time of the year (as in a classic Andy Williams Christmas song). We are already in advent, the 24 days leading up to Christmas itself – so it’s time to brush up on some Christmas...